"New House" in the New Year
Finally now that I have some of the pressure off my back about my job, and now that the baby is bigger and slightly more independent, I am finally reclaiming my house again. I'm back to reading FLYlady emails again (just the ones from FLYlady, not the reminders or the testemonials) when I have a chance to sit down and enjoy my email. My kitchen is becoming a clean place to prepare food again, and there is, on the horizon, a glimmer of hope that there will soon come a day when all of the dishes in the house will be clean at the same time and the dishwasher and sink empty. Laundry is quickly being tackled too.
But the most important update: Anya's room is move-in ready. She was actually in there before, but just for sleeping, not playing, when we were still working on painting it, but had given up on it. Well, it's been touched up and it is once again a bedroom, but now more colorful and kid friendly. I still need to put her curtains up (they just might end up being the second curtains to go up in the house) and another set of red panel curtains (orignally slated for the sliding glass doors in the kitchen, but now possibly intended to be added to the existing panel curtains in the family room).
Next major think on the agenda: YARDWORK!!! trees need pruning, yard needs weeding and I really would like to get at least one or two veggies planted! I'm also toying with just going ahead and seeding some grass in the back yard and hiring a crew to come out and put gravel in the remaninder of the back yard. 2 1/2 years and the yard is still unfinished. But I also want to have some drip sprinklers installed in back - something I would gladly pay someone else to do, but might be work it for me to try it myself.
On my prospective planting list are:
Veggies
Zucchini
Peppers
Jalapenos
Anaheim
Bell
Habenero
Tomatoes
Soybeans
Peas
Greenbeens
Cucumber
Spaghetti squash
Tomatillos
Herbs
Basil
Cilantro
Oregano
Parsley
Sage
Flowers
Marigolds (long stemmed)
Mixed native wildflowers
For consideration (probably in future years)
Grapes
Broccoli
Cabbage
Lettuce
Ginger
Raspberries
Strawberries
Henna
Onions
Garlic
But the most important update: Anya's room is move-in ready. She was actually in there before, but just for sleeping, not playing, when we were still working on painting it, but had given up on it. Well, it's been touched up and it is once again a bedroom, but now more colorful and kid friendly. I still need to put her curtains up (they just might end up being the second curtains to go up in the house) and another set of red panel curtains (orignally slated for the sliding glass doors in the kitchen, but now possibly intended to be added to the existing panel curtains in the family room).
Next major think on the agenda: YARDWORK!!! trees need pruning, yard needs weeding and I really would like to get at least one or two veggies planted! I'm also toying with just going ahead and seeding some grass in the back yard and hiring a crew to come out and put gravel in the remaninder of the back yard. 2 1/2 years and the yard is still unfinished. But I also want to have some drip sprinklers installed in back - something I would gladly pay someone else to do, but might be work it for me to try it myself.
On my prospective planting list are:
Veggies
Zucchini
Peppers
Jalapenos
Anaheim
Bell
Habenero
Tomatoes
Soybeans
Peas
Greenbeens
Cucumber
Spaghetti squash
Tomatillos
Herbs
Basil
Cilantro
Oregano
Parsley
Sage
Flowers
Marigolds (long stemmed)
Mixed native wildflowers
For consideration (probably in future years)
Grapes
Broccoli
Cabbage
Lettuce
Ginger
Raspberries
Strawberries
Henna
Onions
Garlic